Acting teaching staff

Find out more about our teaching staff, for our BA (Hons) and MA programmes, our Foundation Course in Acting and Short Courses.

Melanie Jessop Lead Acting Tutor
Lesley Ewen Improvisation/Devising
Beru Tessema Acting Technique and Scene Study
Christopher Heimann Improvisation

Lizzie Ballinger Lead Movement Tutor
Mixalis Aristidou Movement
Angela Gasparetto Movement
Mathew Wernham Movement
Francine Watson Coleman Period Movement and Style
Sue Lefton Period and Social Dance and Style Consultant
Philip d'Orleans Stage Combat
Bret Yount Stage Combat

Jane Streeton Lead Singing Tutor
Jonathan Butcher Choral Singing
Frances Jellard Singing
Melanie Marshall Singing
Mark Oldfield Singing
Philip Raymond Singing
Tom Wakeley Singing Coach

Kay Welch Lead Voice Tutor
Esi Acquaah-Harrison Voice Tutor
Deborah Garvey Speech and Voice
Katherine Heath Voice Tutor
Annie Morrison Speech and Voice Tutor
Zabarjad Salam Voice Tutor
Joel Trill Voice Teacher
Joe Windley Voice Teacher
Emma Woodvine Practical Voice and Speech

Pamela Jikiemi Head of Film, TV and Radio
Roberto Puzone Film and Audio Technician
Lucinda Cary Film, Screen Acting (Devising)
Beru Tessema Screen Acting (Meisner)

Katya Benjamin Alexander Technique
Korina Biggs Alexander Technique
Bethan Pugh Alexander Technique
Lloyd Trott Academy Dramaturg
David Timson Actor's History and Microphone Technique

Nona Shepphard Associate Director and Chair of Audition Panel

MA Theatre Lab Course Leader Ian Morgan

Robert Fried Acting & text
Nigel Gearing Contextual studies
Tom Hunsinger Creative writing
Peta Lily Clown and commedia dell'arte
Linda Miller Acting

Gabrielle Moleta Movement / Physical performance
Jüri Nael Movement
Guillaume Pigé Clown
Philip Raymond Singing
Dan Sherer Text / Directing
Chistopher Siversten Movement / Physical performance
Victoria Woodward Teacher

MA Text and Performance Course Leader Tom Hunsinger

Jane Bertish Acting & text
Pooja Ghai Directing
Dan Sherer Text & directing
Janet Steel Approaches to Directing

Director of Short Courses
Geoff Bullen

Katya Benjamin Movement teacher
Lucinda Cary Film, TV & radio
Michelle Chadwick Acting & text
Andrew Cuthbert Voice
Ian Henderson Acting & text
Rosamunde Hutt Acting & text
Gary Lagden Acting & text
Gerrard Martin Dance
Dewi Matthews Alexander technique
Vivian Munn Acting & text

Our Short Courses are taught by RADA Acting faculty and Academy Associate Teachers.

Philip Sheppard Youth Company: Acting, Director
Nadege Rene Youth Company Assistant Facilitator/Director